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Don't you just hate when you are trying to read the latest publication in The International Journal of Science and Nature and have to pay for the publication to see it? Me too!
And often the scientists who wrote the paper hate pay walls, because they have to pay to publish it, and then make zero profit (other than reputation, the exposure of the science world). So here are a few ways to steal papers.
First and foremost, Scihub. Formed in 2011 by Kazakh undergrad Alexandra Elbakyan, it collects tokens that allow for journal access (such as a university subscription) and uses these to access articles you query (either with the doi or url). Once it grabs an article it archives it for later access. This is my first choice when trying to hunt down an article due to the ease of access and the relative lack of bullshit hoops you need to jump through
The downside of scihub is that it can often be down and depending on how publishing companies are going after it. Also it can often get taken down by hosting companies so I often Google sci hub and try links rather than just relying on a url as they tend to go bad.
I'll post some of the more niche methods later.
And often the scientists who wrote the paper hate pay walls, because they have to pay to publish it, and then make zero profit (other than reputation, the exposure of the science world). So here are a few ways to steal papers.
First and foremost, Scihub. Formed in 2011 by Kazakh undergrad Alexandra Elbakyan, it collects tokens that allow for journal access (such as a university subscription) and uses these to access articles you query (either with the doi or url). Once it grabs an article it archives it for later access. This is my first choice when trying to hunt down an article due to the ease of access and the relative lack of bullshit hoops you need to jump through
The downside of scihub is that it can often be down and depending on how publishing companies are going after it. Also it can often get taken down by hosting companies so I often Google sci hub and try links rather than just relying on a url as they tend to go bad.
I'll post some of the more niche methods later.